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This article [https://sapphireventures.com/blog/rise-of-the-connected-spreadsheet-the-killer-app-for-the-modern-data-stack/] was written in partnership with Rajeev Dham [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeev-dham-79332812/], Anders Ranum [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersranum/], and Aditya Reddy [https://www.linkedin.com/in/reddyaditya/] at Sapphire Ventures [https://sapphireventures.com/]. For nearly a generation, spreadsheets have been

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